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Pedestrians and cyclists cross a street at a marked crosswalk.
June 20th 2024

Transforming Transportation Agencies: Bridging Research, Policy and Practice for Safer Streets

The need for improving active transportation safety and mobility is clear:...
Aerial photo showing several of the bridges of Portland, Oregon crossing the Willamette River
June 20th 2024

Transportation Benefit-Cost Analysis: Developing an Oregon-Specific Framework

Transportation decision-makers typically use benefit-cost analysis (BCA)...
Headshots of Eun Jun Choi, Holly Querin, and Isa Swain
March 20th 2024

Three Portland State University Students Receive WTS Transportation Scholarships

Each year, the Portland Chapter of WTS awards scholarships to assist exceptional...
The Portland streetcar, TriMet bus, and TriMet MAX train all pass through an intersection near the Urban Center on the Portland State University campus. Overlaying the image are columns of 1s and 0s in the PSU green color.
March 20th 2024

What's new in Transportation Data at PSU? Updates on PORTAL and BikePed Portal

Portland State University's Transportation Research and Education Center...
Illustration of an integrated control system simulation in a smart city. Aerial view of an intersection with overlaid lines and boxes indicating which items are being tracked as data in real time.
February 13th 2024

Building Data Power To Enhance Active Transportation

The transportation safety crisis in America persists. People walking and...
Left: An overhead view of the proposed skatepark site, with possible entrances marked on the map. Right: A street-level view of the vacant lot.
February 13th 2024

How Better Block PSU Helped Launch the Steel Bridge Skatepark

Portland's Old Town neighborhood is getting a new skatepark, and a team of...
Headshots of Owen Christofferson, Sara Goldstein, Nick Hadfield, Zhouheng (Brian) Liu, Jenny Mazzella and Victoria Young
January 5th 2024

PSU MURP Team Wins Student Group Award for Planning and Policy from National Council of University Transportation Centers

A team of students in Portland State University's Master of Urban & Regional...
Cyclists ride on a Portland, Oregon street painted in a spiral of rainbow colors with a piano key design in the center.;
November 30th 2023

Year in Review: Transportation Research Projects Launched at PSU in 2023

It has been a record-breaking year in research for Portland State University,...
A woman examines a glass container in a laboratory
November 16th 2023

25 PSU Faculty Members Ranked Among Most-Cited Science Researchers in 2022

25 PSU faculty members were ranked among the top 100,000 most-cited science...
A red streetcar pulls up to a transit stop in Portland, Oregon, with several passengers waiting to board.
October 30th 2023

PSU Transportation Researchers Receive $250,000 to Create Equity Research Roadmap

Portland State University (PSU) researchers will create a "Research Roadmap...
Closeup of people crossing a street - visible are the legs of two pedestrians, and partial views of two bicycles.
August 24th 2023

Using Health Indicators in Transportation Plans

As a social determinant of health, transportation significantly contributes...
Community engagement event on the Umatilla Indian Reservation by the Nixyáawii Watikš planning group (photo courtesy of Owen Christofferson)
June 22nd 2023

PSU Graduating Planning Students Work To Improve Transportation Safety and Environmental Justice

As the 2023 Spring term wraps up at Portland State University (PSU), we're...